Monday, July 28, 2014

The Gates of Atlantis

I am so excited to finally be able to tell the world that these books are AVAILABLE!! It has been such a fun, eventful road to get these books published. It took all the authors hours and hours of collaborating and brainstorming. In the end I think we created a killer series that middle-grade kids will LOVE. But you don;t have to take my word for it. Read them yourself and tell me what you think.

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About The Gates of Atlantis Series

Centuries ago the great city of Atlantis had to be hidden
from humans. Now magically buried in the depths of the ocean, it is the source
of all magic. All was well in the magical world…until the leaders of Atlantis
listened to the whims of a mad man.

A group of teens set out on their own unique quests to fight for the world they
love. They face dangers they didn’t know existed. As they battle their way
through mysterious tunnels and secrets of the ancient world, they find
themselves in a race against time. One by one, the mad man will shut down the
Gates of Atlantis and destroy the magic. Can these unlikely heroes stop him
before it’s too late?

The Gates of Atlantis: Banshee at
the Gate

by Wendy Knight

Thirteen-year-old half-breed
banshee, Seven, likes her life. She leads souls safely to Death and she has the
planet’s most awesome dad and little brother. But a cryptic message from
Atlantis asking for her help changes all that. And then there’s Death, who has
decided it’s time to take her brother’s soul. Now she’s racing across the
world, trying to stay one step ahead of Death.

Unfortunately, getting to Atlantis from Ireland isn’t easy, and there are evil
minions determined to keep her away every time she turns around. But fighting
for their lives teaches Seven one very important lesson—she isn’t human, and
she isn’t a banshee. She has to be both if she wants to save her brother and
make it back home alive.

Thirteen-year-old merman Exander wants to leave Atlantis to mingle with the
humans and explore the world above. Talia, his best friend, wishes she was a
guardian of a gate leading to the surface. She'd keep those nasty humans out of
her beloved city of Atlantis. When Talia accidentally short circuits a gate,
Exander is trapped on the wrong side, getting a crash course in navigating the
human world. As Talia fights to help Exander come home, she learns someone is
closing the other gates, and it’s destroying the magic of Atlantis. If they
can’t convince the magical creatures of the world to save the gates, the
destruction of Atlantis will only be the beginning.

Adam Alfaro daydreams about magic, myths, and becoming
famous for discovering the lost city of Atlantis. The only problem? He has to
spend spring break in Africa while his mom works. To make it worse, everyone
expects him to be friends with the annoying Clancy Pitt while he’s there. It’s
dislike at first sight...until he realizes she might know a few secrets about
Atlantis.

Then he meets Nef, a spirited sea kelpie who needs help rescuing naiads
kidnapped and left to die in an ancient mine. Suddenly the strange creatures
Adam dreamed of become all too real. And they’re after him. Can Adam, Clancy,
and Nef fight their way through the maze of tunnels in the mine and reach the
naiads before it's too late?

Thirteen-year-old
Colin knew nothing of the magic world until he is bitten by a mischievous
pixie. He meets thirteen-year-old Alleya on a secret website devoted to magical
creatures. Before he knows it, Colin finds himself thrust into a whole new
world.

Alleya has been hidden away from the rest of Atlantis because she’s half-mermaid,
half-Atlantian. Her father tries to ease her boredom by getting her a computer
and finally allowing her to go to school. She accidentally lets slip a dark
secret —the gates to Atlantis are being shut and it's destroying magic. Alleya
is exiled to Indiatlantis.

There, she learns mermaids are getting sick because of the lack of magic, and
the tunnels are beginning to collapse. Together, Colin and Alleya must find a
way to bring back the old magic and fight to save Atlantis.

Callidora
is an Atlantian noblewoman and member of an elite guard whose purpose is to
keep Atlantis pure...until her life is turned upside down by the birth of
a son.

Phoibos, bullied and taunted by other kids, is sure of one thing: something is
wrong with Atlantis. Impure, Atlantian-Human hybrids are ruining his city, and
he'll stop at nothing to rectify that. Callidora is the only one who knows the
truth of who her only son really is, and how dangerous he can be. Can anyone
stop Phoibos before his need for purification brings Atlantis to the very brink
of destruction?

Thirteen-year-old
Talon is in trouble...again. He didn't mean to burn down the school library. It
just happened. Things like that always happen to Talon. His life is a mixture
of the weird and bizarre. No one else he knows can shoot fire from their hands
or cause an earthquake...but he can.

Every night the same dream haunts Talon: the destruction of an underwater city.
He doesn't have a clue what it means but he feels like fate is trying to warn
him. It's not until he runs away with his foster sister Hattie that he
discovers his trouble-making powers and strange nightmare are connected.
Together they are the key to saving magic...to saving Atlantis.

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